Senior Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability Specialist

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

As a Senior EHS&S Specialist, you will play a vital role in deploying and embedding Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) policies and procedures in line with Dutch regulations and Medtronic’s global standards. You will perform workplace and specific risk assessments — covering areas such as ergonomics, warehouse safety, manual handling and fire protection-. You will be delivering expert EHS&S support to a diverse workforce and will be reporting directly to the Senior EHS Manager.

In this dynamic position, you will focus mainly on the European Operations Center campus in Heerlen, with 2 distribution centers and a large office facility. The Senior EHS&S Specialist is responsible for leading and supporting environmental, health, and safety programs to help ensure regulatory compliance, reduce risk, prevent injuries, and promote a strong safety culture. This role partners closely with site leadership, operations, facilities, quality, human resources, and employees to implement EHS strategies, monitor performance, investigate incidents, and drive continuous improvement across the operations.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Lead the daily implementation and maintenance of EHS&S programs, policies, procedures, and management system requirements across assigned site(s).
• Drive risk reduction initiatives in areas such as ergonomics, manual handling, warehouse safety, biohazards, emergency preparedness, and preventive medical processes.
• Partner with operations and site leadership to embed EHS&S standards into everyday work practices, processes, and employee behaviors.
• Promote a proactive safety culture through coaching, employee engagement, leadership visibility, and clear communication.
• Ensure compliance with corporate standards and all applicable environmental, health, safety, and sustainability regulations.
• Conduct audits, inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, and corrective actions to identify hazards and strengthen controls.
• Support training, emergency readiness, environmental compliance, sustainability activities, performance tracking, and site/project risk evaluations, while serving as Prevention Advisor for assigned Dutch Medtronic site(s).